The mind-bending new science of measuring time

by gronky_ on 11/23/2024, 5:14:59 PM with 3 comments

  • by timbilt on 11/23/2024, 5:55:00 PM

    https://archive.md/Bn3Dz

  • by fallinditch on 11/24/2024, 4:40:52 PM

    > These clocks would lose less than a second over the age of the universe. An optical clock is so precise that if you lifted one a centimetre off the ground, it would detect the gravitational dilation foretold by Einsteinian relativity.

    That's one helluva rabbit hole to go down.

  • by cr125rider on 11/24/2024, 4:40:35 AM

    That one wonderful! One of the most captivating articles I’ve read in a long time.